Players: The Story of Sports and Money - and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution

For fans of Michael Lewis, the astounding untold story of how professional sports transformed, in the span of a single generation, from a cottage industry into a massive global business. In the cash-soaked world of contemporary sports, where every season brings news of higher salaries, endorsement deals, and television contracts, it is mind-boggling to remember that as recently as the 1970s elite athletes earned so little money that many were forced to work second jobs in the off-season to make ends meet.

Trump’s Feud with Athletes Escalates

"Trump’s Feud with Athletes Escalates" is from the September 24, 2017 Politics section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Andrew Beaton and Matthew Futterman and narrated by Alexander Quincy.